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Singapore Airlines shows off luxurious new plane

Singapore Airlines - already regarded as one of the world's most luxurious airlines - is set to overhaul its aircraft cabins in a move that it says will set the new industry standard for top-end air travel. The carrier took delivery of its first plane configured with the new interior Sept. 19, 2013, showing off the Boeing 777-300ER to media at a delivery ceremony at Boeing's widebody assembly line facility in Everett, Wash. Today in the Sky editor Ben Mutzabaugh was on hand, and helped put together this photo gallery to take you along on the behind the scenes tour of Singapore Airlines' latest cabin. The jet will fly paying passengers for the first time by early October when Singapore Airlines deploys it on its Singapore-London Heathrow route. Here, Singapore Airlines' new-interior Boeing 777-300LR arrives at a boarding gate at Boeing's Everett Delivery Center north of Seattle on Sept. 19, 2013.

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Singapore Airlines shows off luxurious new plane

Singapore Airlines - already regarded as one of the world's most luxurious airlines - is set to overhaul its aircraft cabins in a move that it says will set the new industry standard for top-end air travel. The carrier took delivery of its first plane configured with the new interior Sept. 19, 2013, showing off the Boeing 777-300ER to media at a delivery ceremony at Boeing's widebody assembly line facility in Everett, Wash. Today in the Sky editor Ben Mutzabaugh was on hand, and helped put together this photo gallery to take you along on the behind the scenes tour of Singapore Airlines' latest cabin. The jet will fly paying passengers for the first time by early October when Singapore Airlines deploys it on its Singapore-London Heathrow route. Here, Singapore Airlines' new-interior Boeing 777-300LR arrives at a boarding gate at Boeing's Everett Delivery Center north of Seattle on Sept. 19, 2013. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A sign welcomes visitors to Boeing's Everett Delivery Center. Located next to Boeing's 747, 767, 777 and 787 assembly line facilities in Everett, Wash., it opened in April 2013 and is where airlines – or private buyers – come to take possession of their new widebody planes from the U.S. jetmaker. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

Anticipation builds as Singapore Airlines' first Boeing 777-300ER to be configured with its all-new interior comes within view of spectators at the Boeing aircraft delivery center in Everett, Wash., on Sept. 19, 2013. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A crowd gathers at the Boeing Delivery Center to watch the arrival of Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777-300ER on Sept. 19, 2013. The jet is Singapore Airlines' first to be configured with its all-new interior. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Airchive

A first-class seat in the first Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER to be configured with its all-new interior. This seat reclines into a full-flat bed for sleeping, as this photo shows. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Airchive

A first-class seat in the first Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER to be configured with its all-new interior. BMW subsidiary DesignworksUSA helped design the new first-class cabin. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A first-class seat in the first Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER to be configured with its all-new interior. This shot shows the seat's in-flight entertainment, as well as the space where the foot of the bed would be when it is reclined into its full-flat position. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A first-class seat shown in the full-flat reclined position. Charmain Kwok, Singapore Airlines' Assistant Manager – Product Innovation, says the curves around the seat's entrance are "to make the seat feel enclosed" and give a sense of isolation and privacy from the rest of the cabin. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A shot from above of a first-class seat in Singapore Airlines' newly configured Boeing 777-300ER. This shot shows how the passenger in this seat would view the in-flight entertainment with the seat fully reclined into its flat-bed position. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

The economy seating section of Singapore Airlines' newly redesigned cabin interior has sections in two color schemes: yellow and teal (seen here) and yellow and beige (previous photo). Charmain Kwok, Singapore Airlines' Assistant Manager – Product Innovation, says the two different colors in the economy cabin are visual cues to help "break up the monotony" in the longest section of a "very long plane." Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

This shot of the economy-class section gives a sense of just how big the seat-back monitors are in this cabin. The screens, which feature touch-screen controls, measure 11.1 inches. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

This shot of the economy-class section gives a sense of just how big the seat-back monitors are in this cabin. The screens, which feature touch-screen controls, measure 11.1 inches. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

Singapore Airlines spokesman James Bradbury-Boyd explains features of the carrier's new 777-300ER cabin interior to a reporter immediately following the aircraft's delivery in Everett, Wash., on Sept. 19, 2013. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A close-up of the light-control panel at a business-class seat on Singapore Airlines' new Boeing 777-300ERs. Options are for a typical overhead light or for a reading light located underneath the seat-back monitor. Charmain Kwok, Singapore Airlines' Assistant Manager – Product Innovation, says the latter option gives fliers a more subtle nighttime option "so you don't have to bother everybody around you." Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

The first Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER to be configured with its all-new interior is seen through glass from the inside of Boeing's Everett Delivery Center on Sept. 19, 2013. Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY